Hoonage At 13,000 Feet: Lawn Chair Balloonist Travels 193 Miles – Gizmodo
Ken Couch is the quintessential American adventurer. Last weekend, he hitched 105 helium balloons to a lawn chair and set out on a nine-hour adventure that took him to a height of 13,000 feet, traveling 193 miles from his home in Bend, Oregon, all the way to the other side of the state.

Check out this Darwin Award for the first man to do this and survive – in 1982.